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Patented May 30, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AXEL WASBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CAMEL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS SEALING- MEANS FOR CAR DOORS Application filed March 26, 1930. Serial No. 438,985.

. This invention relates to sealing means for car doors and it is an object of this invention to provide sealing means that will guide the door inwardly and outwardly during its vertical movements.

29 ing means upon the line IIL-II of Figure 1;

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Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 sho., a modified form of sealing and guiding means.

fr (L As shown on the dr l; rring now to ie drawing, the numeraV l represents a sliding door which may be oiE any known construction and which is supported during its sliding movements upon a pair ot spherical rolling elements 2 mounted in a retainer 3 which is support-ed for relative movement in a rockable housing a which has eccentric pivots 5 at its end which are journalled in bearings upon the A handle 6 is attached to the housing 4f so that upon rocking the lever transversely to the door, the door will be eleva o and supported upon the balls for rolling movement in a manner substantially as disclosed in the Fehr and Lute application Serial No. 393,914., filed September 20, 1929. The lower portion of the door will move inwardly and outwardly during its lowering and elevating movements.

The upper margin of the door is provided with a stiffening and metal guiding member 'i having inwardly offset channel comprising a web S and an outwardly directed dan; 9. The side plate 1G of the caris in bar having an attaching flange 10a, an outstanding horizontal web 10b and a depending flange 100. A sealing and guiding member 11 of metal is attached to the web 10b of' the Z bar and this member has ya downwardly and inwardly inclined flange 12 terminating in a substantially horizontal lip 13 positioned below the aforementioned flange 9. The guide member 11 extends beyond the door opening preferably to a point where it will guide the door throughout its opening movements.

In connection with this structure, it will be observed that the web 8 of the channel guide upon the door is limited in its inward movement by the depending flange 100 of the side plate and is limited in its outward movement by the depending inclined flange 12 which also serves the purpose of forcing the door inwardly when the edge of the flange 9 engages therewith during the lowering movements of the door from the dotted line position shown in Figures 2 and 3.

In Figure 3, a slight modification has been illustrated. In this instance, the guide and sealing member 14 upon the side plate has a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange 15 and the stiffening guide and sealing member 16 upon the door is longitudinally bowed inwardly producing a substantially V shaped member in-to the V portion of which the downwardly inclined flange 15 extends. In connection with this modified structure, it will be noted that the upper flange 17 of the sealing guide 16 on the door is adapted to slide upon the downwardly inclined flange 15 of the sealing member 14 upon the side plate 10. It will also be noted that the guide members 7 and 16 cooperate with the depending flange 10c of the Z-bar to exclude the weather and to prevent the door from frictionally engaging the.

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Accordingly, the upper margin of the door is always sealed and is appropriately guided during its raising and lowering movements due to the fact that the sealing guide thereon is confined between the depending flange 100 of the. side plate and the sealing member thereon. When the door is This depending flange 10a will also prevent the door from swinging inwardly during operation and scraping the side of the car in addition to itscooperation with the sealing guides for the exclusion of weather.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a car having a side plate with a depending flange, a sealing guide upon said plate and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange spaced from said depending flange in combination with a door having an upper sealing and guiding member located between said depending flange and first mentioned sealing member and cooperating with the former to exclude the weather and to space the door from the car sheathing during its movements.

2. In a car having a side plate with a horizontal web and a depending flange, a guiding and sealing member attachedV to said web and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange, in combination with a lift door having a sealing guide upon its upper margin extending between said downwardly inclined flange and said depending flange and cooperating with said inclined flange for forcing the door inwardly until said sealing guide substantially abuts said depending flange for excluding the weather.

3. In a car having a side Z bar, a guiding and sealing strip attached to the web of said Z bar, and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange, in combination with a door having a guide and sealing member with a flange engaging said downwardly inclined flange and limited in its inward movement by a flange of said Z bar.

4. In a car having aside plate with a depending flange, a guiding and sealing member attached to said side plate, a door having a sealing and guiding member extending between said depending flange and said first mentioned guiding and sealing member and cooperating therewith for guiding said door and excluding the weather.

In a house car having a side plate with a depending flange, a guiding and sealing member attached to said Side plate and having a down\\'ardly and inwardly inclined flange spaced 'from 'said depending flange, in combination with a door` haring a metal member projecting above said door and located between said guiding member and said depending flange, said metal member having an inwardly directed portion extending over the top of the door for cooperating with said depending flange to form a seal and to space the door from the car sheathing during its movements and terminating in an outwardly directed portion cooperating with said inwardly inclmed flange on guiding sealing member.

6. In a house car having a side plate with a depending flange, a guiding and sealing strip attached to said plate and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined flange spaced from said depending flange to forni a guideway, in combination with`a door having a guiding and sealing member attached to the upper margin thereof and bent inwardly and outwardly and extending into said guideway.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. AXEL WASBERG. 

